yt:channel:11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2017-02-18T12:09:30+00:00 yt:video:uL5c4YjMgHs uL5c4YjMgHs UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-10-04T10:57:33+00:00 2025-10-04T10:57:34+00:00 The Family Who Lived Off-Grid in a Tropical Forest for 60 Years My family have lived in this remote rainforest for 60 years, with a common dream of living a simple life in the countryside, growing food, using traditional building and restoring the rainforest. Three generations on and we’re slowly getting there. Robot lawn mower: https://au.mammotion.com/products/luba-2-awd-robot-lawn-mower?srsltid=AfmBOorU8GDixOCms02LC1QRDapDCdE6aDSIZnOGCuCF_OteLgdDNtbU Our Book: http://geni.us/MothertheMountain Art prints: https://www.motherthemountain.com/store https://www.patreon.com/motherthemountain https://www.instagram.com/motherthemountain/ Anastasia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anast.asia/ Julia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliavanderbyl/ We are sisters, Julia and Anastasia Vanderbyl. A few years ago, we began a journey to live a life in perfect harmony with nature. A life of caring for animals, growing fruit, planting trees, gardening, cooking, creating, building and learning to live with the land. In this time, nature has taught us more than we could have ever imagined. Our environmental films document the landscape, the lessons we’ve learnt and our work as regenerative farmers here on Bundjalung Country. We live on the land of the Arakwal and Minjungbal People of the Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Country we live on and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters. We thank them for protecting this rainforest and its ecosystems since time immemorial. All the music in this video is from Musicbed! You can use our link for a free trial: https://fm.pxf.io/mtm Chapters: 0:00 60 years off grid; harvesting fruit from the ancient orchard 4:14 Hot afternoons in the lake 5:23 Growing a kitchen garden 6:33 Planting an orchard with traditional and modern technologies 10:50 Building a bamboo camper 13:26 Fencing a paddock for the goats yt:video:PH300aTbGeQ PH300aTbGeQ UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-10-02T10:06:17+00:00 2025-10-03T06:07:12+00:00 Upcycling old jeans into a beautiful skirt 🪡 an incredible sewing project #sewing #upcycling yt:video:wU8Ucddz8Ks wU8Ucddz8Ks UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-09-27T11:06:48+00:00 2025-09-28T21:57:31+00:00 First Hot Days of Spring: Building with Bamboo, Growing Food and Cooking from Nature Spring in the countryside brings so much beauty. This week we build with bamboo, clear the orchard paddock so we can plant more trees and cook a tart from grapefruit harvested from the farm. http://geni.us/MothertheMountain Art prints: https://www.motherthemountain.com/store https://www.patreon.com/motherthemountain https://www.instagram.com/motherthemountain/ Anastasia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anast.asia/ Julia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliavanderbyl/ We are sisters, Julia and Anastasia Vanderbyl. A few years ago, we began a journey to live a life in perfect harmony with nature. A life of caring for animals, growing fruit, planting trees, gardening, cooking, creating, building and learning to live with the land. In this time, nature has taught us more than we could have ever imagined. Our environmental films document the landscape, the lessons we’ve learnt and our work as regenerative farmers here on Bundjalung Country. We live on the land of the Arakwal and Minjungbal People of the Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Country we live on and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters. We thank them for protecting this rainforest and its ecosystems since time immemorial. SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_solo-acoustic-guitar Music promoted by Audio Library • SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR – Jason Shaw Chapters: 0:00 Spring’s beauty 1:45 The magic of the rainforest’s red cedars 4:06 Fencing a new orchard 7:56 Building a bamboo camper 11:07 Jumping in the lake 12:20 Skipping with the goats 13:27 Cooking from grapefruit yt:video:9Pb0kkJHcpA 9Pb0kkJHcpA UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-09-25T10:04:47+00:00 2025-09-27T19:06:43+00:00 Harvesting chia seeds & tropical fruit🍑homemade recipe with sounds of the rainforest #asmr #calming yt:video:S9N0vW8M26A S9N0vW8M26A UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-09-23T08:40:36+00:00 2025-09-25T11:13:47+00:00 What a rich life really means. Not material wealth, but true purpose 🌱 #countryside #naturelovers yt:video:d7qVWuTce1U d7qVWuTce1U UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-09-18T10:26:40+00:00 2025-09-20T18:03:16+00:00 Restoring my father’s abandoned cabin 🌱 building in the rainforest #offgrid #abandoned #building yt:video:KhMJUUcsmNQ KhMJUUcsmNQ UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-09-16T09:41:16+00:00 2025-09-18T20:19:32+00:00 Living traditionally means to live in tune with the earth🌛to cook, build & live softly #countryside yt:video:SFO9ULLK3EU SFO9ULLK3EU UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-09-13T10:44:42+00:00 2025-09-18T04:08:19+00:00 Three Generations Off Grid: A Tour of How We Harvest Water, Food and Power Take a tour of our off-grid systems and how we harvest our own water, power and grow food, cook, and build in the countryside. EcoFlow's latest products for September: WAVE 3 & GLACIER Classic, which are the portable fridge and AC featured in the video! Now available for purchase. Join us in enjoying a more refined life in an eco-friendly way! Official website: https://bit.ly/EFMTMF Amazon: https://amzn.to/41u3lgr eBay: https://bit.ly/3UVPdsI #EcoFlowAustralia #ecoflowglacierclassic #EcoFlowWAVE3 In this video, we share how we manage solar power, rainwater harvesting, and more — all designed to support a self-sufficient, low impact lifestyle on our 60 year old permaculture farm. Built over decades, our systems are simple, sustainable, and rooted in a deep connection to the land. Whether you're starting your own homestead, planning an off-grid setup, or just curious about sustainable living, we hope this detailed look offers practical insight and inspiration. We are sisters, Julia and Anastasia Vanderbyl. A few years ago, we began a journey to live a life in perfect harmony with nature. A life of caring for animals, growing fruit, planting trees, gardening, cooking, creating, building and learning to live with the land. In this time, nature has taught us more than we could have ever imagined. Our environmental films document the landscape, the lessons we’ve learnt and our work as regenerative farmers here on Bundjalung Country. We live on the land of the Arakwal and Minjungbal People of the Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Country we live on and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters. We thank them for protecting this rainforest and its ecosystems since time immemorial. All the music in this video is from Musicbed! You can use our link for a free trial: https://fm.pxf.io/mtm Chapters: 0:00 Living off grid for three generations 00:36 How we harvest our own water (from natural streams) 2:51 How we harvest rain water 4:25 How we collect water in our dam and our pump systems 5:50 Animal integration in the orchards 7:13 Our water tanks and off grid water storage 8:12 A thousand fruit trees: our abundant orchards 9:13 Problems on our self sustainable farm 10:08 The sheep’s role on the farm 10:58 Our off grid power systems: solar and dealing with natural disasters 12:17 Harvesting from the orchards and preserving food 14:46 Passive solar design, heating systems and hot water 15:48 Our off grid art studio: power, water, refrigeration and heating/cooling 19:23 Portable solar panels that power our whole studio 19:58 The gardens: how we grow our own food 22:40 The chickens and ducks 26:28 Creativity and learning 28:30 Learning to build and how it changed everything yt:video:ZbdIyr8NSfI ZbdIyr8NSfI UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-09-11T10:51:34+00:00 2025-09-14T10:46:28+00:00 How permaculture gardening is helping us to restore this whole field of invasive weeds #gardening yt:video:gtA3Wuf_7fo gtA3Wuf_7fo UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-09-09T11:36:57+00:00 2025-09-11T21:23:51+00:00 The truth is that we are nature🦋🌱& to care for the earth is to care for ourselves #nature #offgrid yt:video:31whB51fi-4 31whB51fi-4 UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-09-06T11:53:51+00:00 2025-09-09T03:39:57+00:00 A Quiet Paradise: Beautiful Nature and a Rural Life Visit https://sondeflor.com/ and use our code MOTHERTHEMOUNTAIN for 15% off the most beautiful, sustainable dresses 💚 The river is blue at this time of year so Anastasia plays in the stream with Happy the duck. Julia herds the goats through the countryside and Anastasia upcycles a dress and sews many garments, then she builds her bamboo camper (with a few failures along the way hehe) We are sisters, Julia and Anastasia Vanderbyl. A few years ago, we began a journey to live a life in perfect harmony with nature. A life of caring for animals, growing fruit, planting trees, gardening, cooking, creating, building and learning to live with the land. In this time, nature has taught us more than we could have ever imagined. Our environmental films document the landscape, the lessons we’ve learnt and our work as regenerative farmers here on Bundjalung Country. We live on the land of the Arakwal and Minjungbal People of the Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Country we live on and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters. We thank them for protecting this rainforest and its ecosystems since time immemorial. All the music in this video is from Musicbed! You can use our link for a free trial: https://fm.pxf.io/mtm 0:00 The blue stream in the springtime 2:53 Julia and Anastasia herd the goats to a new paddock 5:41 Sewing and upcycling 13:36 Building a bamboo camper (mistakes and failure) yt:video:slrWYKL8Zpk slrWYKL8Zpk UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-09-04T09:21:32+00:00 2025-09-06T06:48:05+00:00 The lie of self-sufficiency🌾it’s truly about growing food & building community together #offgrid yt:video:yEoiYYoV-YU yEoiYYoV-YU UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-08-31T11:44:05+00:00 2025-09-02T00:16:13+00:00 Traditional Countryside Life: Building, Harvesting, Cooking and Sewing Living traditionally means to live in tune with the countryside and the seasons and live to the old ways. This week Anastasia plays with Happy the duck in the stream, and harvests magnolia flowers to cook a cake. Then Anastasia builds a camper using only hand tools and bamboo, the magical fireflies emerge from the rainforest, Julia plants a garden and Anastasia sews a denim skirt. The magic of spring in the countryside is here! Our Book: http://geni.us/MothertheMountain Art prints: https://www.motherthemountain.com/store https://www.patreon.com/motherthemountain https://www.instagram.com/motherthemountain/ Anastasia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anast.asia/ Julia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliavanderbyl/ We are sisters, Julia and Anastasia Vanderbyl. A few years ago, we began a journey to live a life in perfect harmony with nature. A life of caring for animals, growing fruit, planting trees, gardening, cooking, creating, building and learning to live with the land. In this time, nature has taught us more than we could have ever imagined. Our environmental films document the landscape, the lessons we’ve learnt and our work as regenerative farmers here on Bundjalung Country. We live on the land of the Arakwal and Minjungbal People of the Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Country we live on and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters. We thank them for protecting this rainforest and its ecosystems since time immemorial. Music by Indira Elias!! You can check out her new single here! https://indiraelias.lnk.to/meinourownway Chapters: 0:00 Happy the duck plays in the stream 2:06 Harvesting magnolia petals: spring is here! 3:34 Cooking a low carb gluten free cheesecake 5:21 Traditional building techniques with bamboo! Building a camper on my kei truck 9:03 The magical fireflies of the rainforest 10:28 Gardening and planting seedlings for spring 13:02 Mending a skirt using traditional embroidery techniques yt:video:hWLEpS3RK0k hWLEpS3RK0k UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-08-23T10:51:46+00:00 2025-08-24T22:29:18+00:00 My Countryside Cabin: Cooking from a Garden Harvest and Building with Traditional Techniques We harvest pumpkins from the garden and cook a soup on the fire in our off grid cabin. Anastasia mixes up a solution for her bamboo build and Happy the duck discovers the lake (uh oh). Then we fence the goat back and cuddle the sheep! Our Book: http://geni.us/MothertheMountain Art prints: https://www.motherthemountain.com/store https://www.patreon.com/motherthemountain https://www.instagram.com/motherthemountain/ Anastasia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anast.asia/ Julia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliavanderbyl/ We are sisters, Julia and Anastasia Vanderbyl. A few years ago, we began a journey to live a life in perfect harmony with nature. A life of caring for animals, growing fruit, planting trees, gardening, cooking, creating, building and learning to live with the land. In this time, nature has taught us more than we could have ever imagined. Our environmental films document the landscape, the lessons we’ve learnt and our work as regenerative farmers here on Bundjalung Country. We live on the land of the Arakwal and Minjungbal People of the Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Country we live on and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters. We thank them for protecting this rainforest and its ecosystems since time immemorial. All the music in this video is from Musicbed! You can use our link for a free trial: https://fm.pxf.io/mtm Chapters: 0:00 Lighting a camp fire at our off grid cabin 0:32 Happy the duck discovers the lake 2:17 Harvesting pumpkins from the garden 3:15 Creating a solution to treat bamboo for building 4:28 Julia skips with the sheep 7:01 Julia cooks pumpkin soup on the fire 8:05 Anastasia and Happy go to the lake 8:59 Fencing for naughty goats yt:video:1yODdToyPko 1yODdToyPko UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A Mother The Mountain Farm https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC11-LdZRubZwoVid03rJv6A 2025-08-17T11:28:20+00:00 2025-08-20T07:22:37+00:00 Building and Growing a Self Sufficient Life with Max & Occy We grow and harvest thousands of fruit but the truth is - we aren’t self sufficient and never will be. This week we visit @MaxandOccy at his off grid rainforest property and we harvest a huge crop of chia. Jackery: https://bit.ly/43zJhJP 3% OFF Code for All Products: FARM03 @AnastasiaVanderbyl for more truck camper building videos! Our Book: http://geni.us/MothertheMountain Art prints: https://www.motherthemountain.com/store https://www.patreon.com/motherthemountain https://www.instagram.com/motherthemountain/ Anastasia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anast.asia/ Julia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliavanderbyl/ We are sisters, Julia and Anastasia Vanderbyl. A few years ago, we began a journey to live a life in perfect harmony with nature. A life of caring for animals, growing fruit, planting trees, gardening, cooking, creating, building and learning to live with the land. In this time, nature has taught us more than we could have ever imagined. Our environmental films document the landscape, the lessons we’ve learnt and our work as regenerative farmers here on Bundjalung Country. We live on the land of the Arakwal and Minjungbal People of the Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Country we live on and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters. We thank them for protecting this rainforest and its ecosystems since time immemorial. Chapters: 0:00 We grow and harvest thousands of fruit but the truth is - we aren’t self sufficient 2:00 Sorting bamboo with Max & Occy for Anastasia's tiny truck camper 6:12 Harvesting subtropical abundance 7:28 Visiting Max's off grid rainforest property 11:58 Harvesting chia seeds from our garden